Stanley Victor Collymore

[olaftab]

However I think he should shut up now and no we don't need him at our Club.

[Clampy]

The man obviously knows stuff, he's had a life immersed in Football after all but I just can't see how his notoriously thin skin and ability to put his foot in it along with all the other "stuff" that comes with Being Stan Collymore means he's fit for any job at the club. He'd be better realising he's probably just as effective driving change at the Villa from his current position in the media. Holding the boards feet to the fire so to speak on a national radio station and keeping them in the public eye.

Agree with this entirely. He should stick to what he's good at, which in my opinion, being a very decent and one of the more listenable broadcasters.

[Risso]

If you were genuinely interested in helping the club and doing a job there, would you

a) Phone up one or more of the directors and arrange a chat, maybe over a nice meal and a bottle of wine, or

b) start another Twitter war with one of the players, and then write your list of demands in the press, in your typical abrasive fashion

[chrisw1]

He's just described Richard Keys as being a "shithouse for shithouses" on Twitter.

Beautifully put.

Well, absolutely.  But if you read Richard Keys blog that provoked this outburst, it is pretty inoffensive stuff.  The inability of Stan to accept one ounce of criticism without blowing his top is ridiculous and exactly why he can never have a role at the club.

[john e]

If you were genuinely interested in helping the club and doing a job there, would you

a) Phone up one or more of the directors and arrange a chat, maybe over a nice meal and a bottle of wine, or

b) start another Twitter war with one of the players, and then write your list of demands in the press, in your typical abrasive fashion

is the answer b ?

[Toronto Villa]

Stan's said his piece now. He made some very good points and I'm glad he tore a strip off the players and in particular Lescott. Now he needs to tone it down a bit and let the process look after itself. If there is a position for him at the club or some kind of role in any capacity it will happen because he is contact ed by the club. He can't keep banging that drum because eventually nobody will listen.

[dave.woodhall]

Does anyone remember another of Stan's recent rants, when he said he was off to the Euroepan Championships in the summer and to our supporters who didn't agree with him, “See you at the Bescot or Pirelli Stadium next season. Time for me to concentrate on the other 91 clubs.”

[Clampy]

Does anyone remember another of Stan's recent rants, when he said he was off to the Euroepan Championships in the summer and to our supporters who didn't agree with him, “See you at the Bescot or Pirelli Stadium next season. Time for me to concentrate on the other 91 clubs.”

Yep, that annoyed me and it was a 'spitting his dummy out' comment. He can't come out with things like that and expect to be taken seriously about being employed by the club.

[Toronto Villa]

Does anyone remember another of Stan's recent rants, when he said he was off to the Euroepan Championships in the summer and to our supporters who didn't agree with him, “See you at the Bescot or Pirelli Stadium next season. Time for me to concentrate on the other 91 clubs.”

At the time, my feeling was that while the sentiment of anger was something we all felt, the way he articulated that was terrible. Where he wasn't smart at all is that he took very public shots at Lerner (and Fox), and it is entirely reasonable to think that while Lerner owns the club, Stan will never get a seriously role with us. And that specific comment above was just plain stupid.

[Clampy]

I thought his rant on Saturday was fantastic but you get the feeling sometimes he should just sit and think before he speaks or tweets.

[KevinGage]

Stan said something in his book about not having to give his all in training and work on ball skills, as its only the likes of Gareth Southgate that needed to do that.

He didn't offer a depressive episode as an excuse, so it seems as if that was his attitude to training in general. So he was as feckless at BH as he was in the vast majority of games for us.

He has enormous talent, but the very best players usually work hard as well.

If the years have made him re-evaluate that, there is no better man to warn youngsters about the perils of wasting their talent and turning into a reality TV freakshow/ radio rent-a-gob.  But again, the better players usually have enough between the ears to know that anyway.

Beyond that, I'm not too sure what he'd have to offer the club in any official capacity.

[Toronto Villa]

I thought his rant on Saturday was fantastic but you get the feeling sometimes he should just sit and think before he speaks or tweets.

Stan was never a shrinking violet but his years as a host on TS and everything that brings has made him into precisely what he is today. His appeal is exactly what makes his weaknesses all the more glaring.

[chocolate garde]

He is nothing but a internet bully lescott has asked to meet him man to man but stan has refused and said we will bump into each other .

i like stan on talksport but he is out of order just to pick on certain individuals at the club ALL the players are shithouses no one deserves one ounce of credit,

[Toronto Villa]

He is nothing but a internet bully lescott has asked to meet him man to man but stan has refused and said we will bump into each other .

i like stan on talksport but he is out of order just to pick on certain individuals at the club ALL the players are shithouses no one deserves one ounce of credit,

There are going to be very few people who agree with you. Lescott is captain off the club and fucking moron. The tweet aside what he said after the game was stupid in the most extreme sense. He deserved and deserves everything he got and is getting.

[chocolate garde]

Yes he has made mistakes everyone does but not to the extent of what stan gave out on saturday im sure stan took this club for a ride for over 12 months at least lescott tried to play not very good i agree but stan hid like a coward saying he was depressed.